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Country of origin as a source of business opportunities

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  • Marco Van Gelderen

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This paper presents an idea-generation tool that aims to help immigrants to recognise opportunities for self-employment. The tool is based on the literatures on opportunity-recognition and on immigrant entrepreneurship. Research has shown that the ideas for possible business opportunities that people generate depend to a large extent on prior knowledge. For immigrants, the country of origin is a vital source of opportunities, since much of their prior knowledge pertains to their home country. In this research, an attempt is made to systematically categorise opportunities deriving from the country of origin. Then, a second step is taken by mapping all categories of opportunities on a human figure (thus literally creating a model). The areas of the body represent opportunity categories, from the feet (import-export opportunities) to the top of the head (styles of haircutting pertaining to country of origin). As a result, a visual, easy-to-understand, highly accessible instrument is created.

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  • Marco Van Gelderen, 2007. "Country of origin as a source of business opportunities," International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 4(4), pages 419-430.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijesbu:v:4:y:2007:i:4:p:419-430
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    Cited by:

    1. Nerine Mary George & Vinit Parida & Tom Lahti & Joakim Wincent, 2016. "A systematic literature review of entrepreneurial opportunity recognition: insights on influencing factors," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 12(2), pages 309-350, June.
    2. Kingsley C. Njoku & Thomas M. Cooney, 2020. "How Does the Man-Know-Man Network Culture Influence Transnational Entrepreneurship?," Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economies, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, vol. 6(1), pages 163-181, January.
    3. Greg Clydesdale, 2008. "Business immigrants and the entrepreneurial nexus," Journal of International Entrepreneurship, Springer, vol. 6(3), pages 123-142, September.

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